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IRAQI people are mostly happy with America and they are learning to trust the "Liberators" now.

As one should be aware of ...no people can trust anyone until they get to know the party that they do not know. Iraqi people are now learning that the wholesome American and coalition troops are their friends and Al Qaeda is their enemy.

The Baghdadis caught between these extremes know that the only thing standing in the way of another sectarian conflagration is the U.S. military. This may explain why every Iraqi who offers me a view on American politics seems to be praying for a McCain victory. A 100-year American military presence, of which McCain once spoke, may seem a bit much; I suspect most Iraqis would be happy with five.

in the Jadriyah district, we get four to six hours of electricity a day, up from just two hours.

Many are former insurgents who are happy to accept salaries ($300 per month, paid by the U.S., not the Iraqi government)

from the men they once hoped to kill.

Now, says Ali al-Dabbagh, spokesman for the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, all the credit for the decline in violence is going to the U.S. military: "People think the Americans are like Superman, who can do anything."

. But colleagues recently embedded with U.S. troops in Baghdad tell stories of soldiers being received with smiles and waves, even cups of tea. Driving through the city,

MIichael Totten reports what other "main street media" (msm) will not report to the public anything that is devoid of "violence" because anything that is "peaceful" won't sell newspapers or magazines or TV advertising.

Remember this phrase used by (msm) "it it bleeds it reads"meaning that people will spend money for "msm" material if it contains blood and guts, scandal, or some out of good moral standards behaviors.
- liveinfreedom .
on 2008-02-20

What an insame part of th world it is in the MID-EAST; can anyone believe that this crap actually occurs because of some stupic ideology adherence to cause these problems to exist.
- liveinfreedom .
on 2008-02-24

1996 UN Report---Sadam killed aproximately 5,000,000 of his people which were mostly children.

Resolution 1302 is a continuation of the Oil-for-Food programme, which was not designed to resolve the crisis in Iraq. When it was assembled in 1996, it was designed to stop further deterioration. But the fact is that Oil-for-Food has sustained the humanitarian crisis. Mortality rates of children under five years of age still remain at 5,000 per month, plus an additional 2,000-3,000 people per month among adults, other children and teenagers. These people are dying because of bad water, inadequate diets, broken down hospital care and collapsed systems.

We have massive malnutrition in Iraq, despite the Oil-for-Food programme. There is a huge social collapse, families falling apart with children out of school taking to the streets. The electric power is 35 per cent of what it was in 1990. So the Oil-for-Food programme has totally failed to bring about the well being of the Iraqi people. Having said that, it has, however, provided something like 20 million tonnes of basic food. It does make a huge difference in keeping the Iraqi people alive -- but only barely alive.

The conditions in Iraq today under the UN economic sanctions and the Oil-for-Food programme constitute famine conditions. The average birth weight of a child in Iraq today is less than five pounds. That is an indicator of famine. The Oil-for-Food programme is something that the UN should be ashamed of. It is a continuation of the genocide that the economic embargo has placed on Iraq.

While there are many controversies regarding U.N. resolutions and sanctions placed by the U.N. against Iraq it remains a fact that Sadam's beligerent attitude to the U.N. documents and to the IAIE (Unscom) caused the death of the people and children identified in the data below.

Resolution 1302is a continuation of the Oil-for-Food programme, which was not designedto resolve the crisis in Iraq. When it was assembled in 1996, it wasdesigned to stop further deterioration. But the fact is thatOil-for-Food has sustained the humanitarian crisis. Mortality rates ofchildren under five years of age still remain at 5,000 per month, plusan additional 2,000-3,000 people per month among adults, other childrenand teenagers. These people are dying because of bad water, inadequatediets, broken down hospital care and collapsed systems.

Wehave massive malnutrition in Iraq, despite the Oil-for-Food programme.There is a huge social collapse, families falling apart with childrenout of school taking to the streets. The electric power is 35 per centof what it was in 1990. So the Oil-for-Food programme has totallyfailed to bring about the well being of the Iraqi people. Having saidthat, it has, however, provided something like 20 million tonnes ofbasic food. It does make a huge difference in keeping the Iraqi peoplealive -- but only barely alive.

Theconditions in Iraq today under the UN economic sanctions and theOil-for-Food programme constitute famine conditions. The average birthweight of a child in Iraq today is less than five pounds. That is anindicator of famine. The Oil-for-Food programme is something that theUN should be ashamed of. It is a continuation of the genocide that theeconomic embargo has placed on Iraq.